Moment of Russia bus bomb caught on dashboard camera

A car's dashboard camera captures the moment a suicide bomber struck a
passenger bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, killing 5 people
and injuring 32.

10:18PM BST 21 Oct 2013

The explosion was the first on a bus in Russia since a female suicide bomber blew herself up in 2008 in the North Caucasus, a region in southern Russia where an Islamic insurgency is simmering.

Volgograd is located about 400 miles to the northeast of the North Caucasus, but Monday's bombing was certain to add to security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February.

The suspected bomber was from Dagestan, one of the predominantly Muslim republics in the North Caucasus, said Vladimir Markin, the spokesman for the Investigative Committee, Russia's main investigative agency.

In a statement, he identified the woman as 30-year-old Naida Akhiyalova.

Markin said at least five people died and 32 were hospitalised, including eight who were in serious condition.